I was very lucky in public service. I genuinely love to and was lucky. Im enjoying life afterwards. Charlie how did this happen . This trip that you and Jake Sullivan and others, meeting with iranian representatives covertly. I think you have to go back and remember that the beginning of 2013, president obamas second term, we built up a lot of leverage working with pressure to get around to negotiate seriously. Ill had got 50 , the value of its currency had dropped 50 . One of the reasons we built up the International Coalition was because we showed we were serious about negotiations. The president concluded rightly to try to contest whether iran would be serious about negotiating on the Nuclear Issue. In a sense it was a test of whether they were serious. Although an investment of the International Coalition. If the test did not work out so we could sustain strength and sanctions. Its fair to say all of us were skeptical going into it. We had gone 35 years without sustained diplomatic
Uninspected Iranian Nuclear program. Rose bill burns the next hour. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose bill burns is here, one of americas most senior and wellrespected diplomats. He was deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014. Prior to that, he was under secretary for political affairs, also u. S. Ambassador to both russia and jordan. In 2013 burns led secret talks with iran which set the stage for the comprehensive agreement that was made last week. Burns retired from government last year and is now president for interest Carnegie Endowment for international peace. I am pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome. Thanks, charlie. Rose how do you lining this new role away from government . Im enjoying it. I was very lucky in Public Service for 30 years and loved it but im enjoying life after government. Rose take me to amman. How did this trip happen, there trip with you and Jake Sullivan and others meetin
Uninspected Iranian Nuclear program. Rose bill burns the next hour. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose bill burns is here, one of americas most senior and wellrespected diplomats. He was deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014. Prior to that, he was under secretary for political affairs, also u. S. Ambassador to both russia and jordan. In 2013 burns led secret talks with iran which set the stage for the comprehensive agreement that was made last week. Burns retired from government last year and is now president for interest Carnegie Endowment for international peace. I am pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome. Thanks, charlie. Rose how do you lining this new role away from government . Im enjoying it. I was very lucky in Public Service for 30 years and loved it but im enjoying life after government. Rose take me to amman. How did this trip happen, there trip with you and Jake Sullivan and others meetin
I was very lucky in public service. I genuinely loved it and was lucky. Im enjoying life afterwards. Charlie how did this happen . This trip that you and Jake Sullivan and others, meeting with iranian representatives covertly. I think you have to go back and remember that the beginning of 2013, president obamas second term, we built up a lot of leverage working with International Partners to bring pressure on iran to get around to negotiate seriously. One of the reasons we built up the International Coalition was because we showed we were serious about negotiations. So, the president concluded rightly to try to contest whether iran would be serious about negotiating on the Nuclear Issue. In a sense it was a test of whether they were serious. But also an investment of the International Coalition. If the test did not work out so we could sustain strength and sanctions. Its fair to say all of us were skeptical going into it. We had gone 35 years without sustained diplomatic contact with i
There was a poll a year or so ago where half of americans believed china was soon going to be more powerful than the United States. I thought that was simply not true. I tried to write this book in short, accessible english to explain why its not true. Charlie why is it not true . Joe first of all, the United States is not in decline, though people think it is. China, while it is doing well and will continue to do well its not 10 feet tall. Charlie they are already going through the economic issues. Joe they used to have 10 growth. They now say 7 is the new normal. My colleague Larry Summers says it may be 4 . Charlie but what happens to china at 4 . Joe they are still relying on a pretty decent rate of growth but the concern is how to keep the legitimacy of the communist party. Its no longer communist. It is really based on nationalism and a high rate of Economic Growth. If the Economic Growth goes down, the dangers to the nationalism goes up. Charlie and they are trying to turn the m